Feel the Hurt - FAQ for Pain

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Anaemia and Rheumatologist.

Question:
Hi there y’all: Had a Rheumatology appointment yesterday.  I persuaded my Rheumatologist (who is married to a GastroEnterologist) that there are other causes of Anaemia than bleeding!  She even ordered some extra bloodwork but no stool for ocult blood and started me on Sulfasalazine for the increased Rheumatoid Disease activity [...]

Post-vagotomy problem

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Surgical division of the vagus nerve, according to Webster’s 9th – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What the heck is a vagotomy??? I had two hiatus hernia repairs (nissen fundoplications), a vagotomy and a pyloroplasty 8 years ago and have had problems [...]

rotator cuff problem

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This is injury nearly always due to flawed stroke mechanics. When your stroke is optimized the large muscles such as lats, triceps, and pecs are doing nearly all the work, and those muscles are almost imposible to strain. How you begin your stroke is everything…many swimmers begin by gliding on a fully [...]

Your Friend, the Drug Companies …again

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I read this in the paper today, so it must be true…………    The large Swiss drug company Hoffman-LaRoche is promoting its latest weight loss drug Xenical by soliciting leading chefs to create recipes for low-fat meals to be used in conjunction with this drug.  They want meals that use under [...]

What is the safest and most efficient way to relieve constipation?

There are many remedies and medications that can relieve constipation and the pain that comes with it. Simple activities or diets can be really useful, but are neglected because of the obvious hassles of society. People in this modern age have a lot to worry about in order to make a living and take care [...]